LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6142, 28 September 1945, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Honey Control The honey marketing emergency regulations which have been the cause of much heart-burning among many apiarists, are to expire on 30th November, and will not be renewed. Pukeatua Sports Club. The annual meeting of the Pukeatua Sports Club was held in the Pukeatua Hall on Monday. From an enthusiastic gathering a strong committee was formed, and by the keen interest displayed it was apparent that the annual sports meeting to be held in the autumn will be an unqualified success. Federated Farmers A decision to set up a Bay of Plenty Province of the Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Incorporated, was made at a meeting in Te Puke recently of representatives of the New Zealand Sheepowners’ Federation, the Dairy Producers’ Association, and other producers from the land. Many Offenders A feature of this week’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Cambridge was the ' large number of persons charged with breaches of the traffic and motor regulations. Forty-four persons were so charged, Inspectors M. P. Norris, Hodgson, R. S. Gardner, J. C. Pascoe, and G. G. Winter being the prosecutors.

Poultry in Short Supply A light yarding of poultry was penned and offered by Messrs G. D. Shepherd and Company at their usual Thursday sale at their mart in Alexandra Street. Heavy birds sold at prices on a par with those of last week, but quotations for lighter sorts receded. Heavy cockerels and roosters made 7s to Bs, heavy hens 6s to 7s 6d, light hens 4s 3d to 5s 6d.

111-timed Radio Appeal That there would have been a greater response to the Te Awamutu District 1945 Patriotic Appeal had not the radio appeal been broadcast on Anzac night, was the opinion of the president of East Zone Committee (Mr A. E. Bryant) expressed at yesterday’s meeting. Other members agreed that while some used it as an excuse to dodge subscribing, there were many who genuinely disapproved of the appeal being held on that night and consequently refused to subscribe. Patriotic Funds

Details of the distribution of proceeds from the Victory Art Union staged some months ago in the interests of patriotic funds have been announced. Returns in the Waikato Provincial Patriotic Council’s district totalled £3668 and expenses amounted to £241, leaving £3427 to augment the funds. This figure included the following sums for the various areas in the district:—Te Awamutu £166, Otorohanga £309, Kawhia £46, Te KuitiWaitojno £245.

“Suffering” A Chimney Fire “I do not know what suffer means,” stated a defendant in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court, when asked to plead to a charge of “suffering the chimney of premises to be on fire.” “I have often wondered, too,” remarked the Magistrate, Mr J. H. Luxford. “It is about time we got a new word; these old words die hard in law.” After it had been explained to her that the charge meant she had allowed her chimney to catch fire through her acts of omission, defendant admitted she had not had the chimney swept for about two years. “That amounts to suffering,” commented the Magistrate, in imposing a fine of 10s. Transit Housing.

Mr D. C. Street, chairman of the housing committee of the Hamilton Borough Council, said that he expected that the .first group of tenants would enter the borough transit camp at Whitiora next week. Seven units would then be ready for occupation. The State Advances Department is charged with the responsibility of selecting tenants for transit camps. Tenants must be persons who have been approved for early allocation of State houses. The procedure is governed by the regulations under which local bodies are empowered to set up transit camps. Croquet Club Function

The very successful series of social afternoons held under the auspices of Te Awamutu Croquet Club were brought to a close on Wednesday, when a particularly happy time was spent: The aggregate competition winners were Mesdames Boryer and Meredith. A flag 500 competition was held, the winners being Miss Montefiore and Mesdames Hopping, Boryer, and J. Holmes. Competition winners were Mesdames Meredith and A. H. Roberts. Among those present were. Mesdames Webber, Ryan, A. 11. Roberts, Meredith, Tucker, Jukes, Marsh, M. Roberts, J. T. Young, Houghton, McArthur, Guy, Boryer, Holmes, Grant, Knight, Jourdain, Paul, Hopping, McNair, Eiackburn, Nicholson, Blennerhassett, Thompson and S. Clark and Miss Montefiore.

Fertiliser Arrangements No doubt some of the dairymen were perturbed over the arrangements about fertiliser for the present season, but he would point out that the allocation of lewt a cow was given in special circumstances to encourage the production of dairy produce, stated the Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union (Mr A. P. O’Shea) in a letter received at a meeting of the Southland Provincial Executive of the Union. The letter was in reply to representations made by the executive about the allocation of fertilisers. What was not realised, Mr O’Shea continued, was that the dairy farmers had been placed in a very much better position than the sheep men, and in view of the fact that there was not now the same urgent need for dairy produce compared with meat, it was decided that the sheep farmers should participate in the general improvement in the superphosphate position. The dairy farmer had a particular advantage for last year, and the point was that now he was going to be placed on the same basis as the sheep farmer. “In view of the fact that the chairman of the Dairy Board has supported this, and that the Dairy Board has offered no objection to it, I cannot see that any good purpose would be served by proceeding with the matter,” the letter concluded.